UP Trango


The UP Trango is a German single-place paraglider, designed and produced by UP Europe of Kochel am See, now UP International of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Introduced in 2002, production continued through 2016 with the Trango XC3 model.

Design and development

The Trango was designed as an advanced performance cross country and competition glider.
The design has progressed through several generations of models, the Trango, Trango Race, Trango 2, Trango 3, Trango XC, Trango Xlight, Trango XC2, Trango X Light 2 and Trango XC3. The models are each named for their relative size.
The original model Trango's sail was made from Porsher Marine New Skytex and its lines were fabricated from Cousin Freres Technora Aramid.
The Trango XC3's sail top surface is made from Porcher Skytex 38 Universal and Porcher Skytex 27 Classic, while the bottom surface is also Porcher Skytex 27 Classic. The wing's cell walls are Porcher Skytex 32 Hard, Skytex 27 Hard. The gallery lines are made from Edelrid 8000U-090/070/050, the middle lines are made from Edelrid 8000U-130/070, the main lines are Liros DC200 and Edelrid 8000U-230/130, while the brake lines are Cousin 989-1,5 and Edelrid 8000U-090/070/050.

Variants

Trango

Produced from 2002-2004.
;Trango XS
;Trango S
;Trango M
;Trango L

Trango Race

Produced from 2002-2004.

Trango 2

Produced from 2005-2006.
;Trango 2 XS
;Trango 2 S
;Trango 2 SM
;Trango 2 M
;Trango 2 L
;Trango 2 XL

Trango 3

Produced from 2007-2009.
;Trango 3 XS
;Trango 3 S
;Trango 3 SM
;Trango 3 M
;Trango 3 L
;Trango 3 XL

Trango XC

Produced from 2010-2011.
;Trango XC S
;Trango XC SM
;Trango XC M
;Trango XC L

Trango Xlight

Produced from 2009-2011. Designed specifically for the 2009 Red Bull X-Alps competition as a high performance lightweight wing.
;Trango Xlight S
;Trango Xlight SM
;Trango Xlight M
;Trango Xlight L

Trango XC2

Produced from 2012-2015.
;Trango XC2 S
;Trango XC2 SM
;Trango XC2 M
;Trango XC2 L

Trango X-Light 2

Produced from 2013-2016. Designed specifically for the 2013 Red Bull X-Alps competition as a high performance lightweight wing. Starting in 2013 all X-Alps wings were required to be certified.
;Trango X-Light 2 S
;Trango X-Light 2 SM
;Trango X-Light 2 M

Trango XC3

Produced from 2016-present.
;Trango XC3 S
;Trango XC3 S/M
;Trango XC3 M
;Trango XC3 L

Specifications (Trango X-Light 2 M)